The Newark Museum of Art Announces Programming Partnership with Hayama Artist Residency
The deadline to apply for the 2021 residency has been extended to February 15, 2021
February 5, 2021 (Newark, NJ) – The Newark Museum of Art announced a new programming partnership with Hayama Artist Residency in Japan. The partnership features public events to take place in Japan and the U.S. in 2021. Linda C. Harrison, Director & CEO of the Museum, also joins Hayama Artist Residency’s 2021 selection committee alongside seven other art world influencers including:
James E. Bartlett - Founding Partner of OpenArt (former Executive Director of MoCADA, New York)
Amanda Coulson - Director of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (co-founder of the VOLTA Art Fairs)
Koki Ishibashi - Founder/Director, KOKI ARTS (Tokyo)
Sunny Rahbar - Co-Founder of The Third Line gallery (Dubai)
Roya Sachs – Independent Curator and Artistic Director
Shannon R. Stratton - Executive Director, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency (former Chief Curator, Museum of Arts and Design, New York)
Dexter Wimberly - Founder and Director, Hayama Artist Residency
Curator and entrepreneur Dexter Wimberly founded Hayama Artist Residency in July 2020. The four-week long international residency will take place June 15 - July 15, 2021, and includes a roundtrip flight, shared housing accommodations, and a stipend for food and local transportation. Any visual artist over 21 years old, working in any medium - based anywhere in the world, regardless of race, gender, culture, or religion - is eligible to apply. The residency will be awarded to two visual artists, providing them an opportunity to immerse themselves in Japanese culture and offering a gallery exhibition in Japan at KOKI ARTS, a contemporary art gallery located in Bakurocho, an art district in Tokyo.
“It’s very exciting for Hayama Artist Residency to collaborate with The Newark Museum of Art during our inaugural year. As a frequent visitor to the Museum, I have great admiration for the breadth of their world class art collection and public programming. This partnership is an opportunity to broaden the reach of the residency and strengthen our mission to introduce artists from around the world to Japanese art and culture,” states Wimberly, Founder and Director of the residency.
“We are equally thrilled to work with Dexter on this exceptional initiative,” notes Harrison. “It’s central to our mission to support artists that will expand the stories of the Asian Diaspora locally and globally, and we look forward to advancing this exciting opportunity.”
Dexter Wimberly, Founder and Director of Hayama Artist Residency & Linda C. Harrison, Director & CEO of The Newark Museum of Art
Hayama is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshū, Japan, with a population of less than 33,000 people. For context, it is about a 1.5 hour drive from Hayama to Tokyo. Since 1894, the Japanese Imperial Family has maintained a residence in Hayama, the seaside Hayama Imperial Villa. The town is also the location of the Hayama hall of the Museum of Modern Art, the first public modern art museum in Japan.
Hayama, Japan
The deadline to apply for the 2021 residency has been extended to February 15, 2021.
The Hayama Artist Residency’s application fee of $95 USD includes written feedback on each application and submitted works samples.
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About Linda C. Harrison, Director and CEO, The Newark Museum of Art
Linda C. Harrison has been Director and CEO of The Newark Museum of Art since 2019. She plays a strategic and unifying role for the organization and the city of Newark. She communicates the work and mission of the organization and works with the Board, staff, and community to identify and implement priorities and tactics to further the Museum’s goals. During her first 100 days, Linda developed a 3-year Strategic Vision Plan to transform the museum, adding a sense of urgency and a bold vision. Her plan expanded the notion of a logo upgrade into a major brand transformation, involving a re-engineering of the mission, brand image, and adding the clarifying words ‘of Art’ to the museum’s name. Linda has established a new Senior Leadership Team and revamped the organization for more engaging community impact. The new Vision incorporates five critical paths to be worked on simultaneously: Improving Financial Stability, Investing in Digital Future, Developing Right Infrastructure, Leveraging and Enhancing the Brand, and Investing in Right Programming.
About Dexter Wimberly, Founder and Director, Hayama Artist Residency
Dexter Wimberly is an independent curator and entrepreneur who has organized exhibitions and developed programs with galleries and institutions throughout the world including The Third Line in Dubai; Contemporary Art Museum CAM Raleigh in North Carolina; The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco; KOKI ARTS in Tokyo; and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. His exhibitions have been reviewed and featured in publications including The New York Times, Artforum, and Hyperallergic; and have received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Dexter Wimberly has served as Director of Strategic Planning at Independent Curators International in New York City. Wimberly is a Senior Critic at New York Academy of Art. He is also the founder of ART WORLD CONFERENCE, a business and financial literacy conference for visual artists. He was listed in the Observer's "Arts Power 50: Changemakers Shaping the Art World in 2019." Wimberly is the founder and director of the Hayama Artist Residency.
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